Interview: Harvard Law Professor Alan Jenkins on His Graphic Novel Series 1/6, Which Asks: What if the Jan6th Insurrection Attack on the US Capitol Had Been Successful?
He and his team sent copies to schools all across Pennsylvania last week. Will any districts ban them?
Alan Jenkins is a writer, Harvard law professor, and human rights advocate. He and co-author Gan Golan, along with illustrator Will Rosado, led the creation of the graphic novel series 1/6, which asks the question: What if the Jan.6 insurrectionist attack on the US capitol had been successful? In the tradition of speculative fiction from George Orwell’s 1984 to Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale, it explores themes of autocracy, scapegoating, strategic disinformation, and more, all of which we are still dealing with as a nation. Alan joins us today to talk about this really informative and critical series, which just released its second issue, and how he and his team are sending copies to schools all across Pennsylvania.